An 18-year-old man identified as Kabiru Ahmed has been arrested by men of the Bauchi state police command for allegedly stabbing another man to death over a girlfriend.
According to the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Ahmed Wakil, a resident of the state reported the matter to the police.
“On November 11, 2020, about 9.45pm, a distress call was received from a good Samaritan that one Hamza Usman,23, went to the house of his 15-year-old girlfriend. He was attacked and stabbed in the chest by one Kabiru Ahmed.
As a result of the bleeding, he was rushed to the hospital for medical examination. There, a doctor certified him dead. On receipt of the information, a team of policemen was drafted to the scene and the principal suspect, Kabiru Ahmed, was arrested,”he said.
He stated that the suspect confessed to the crime and alleged that one Abdul aka Walplay and Waleed aka Bandi, were his accomplices. Wakil said efforts are currently being made to arrest the accomplices who are currently at large.
